9/29 A Ride: Recruiting Ride #3
Are you interested in racing with Alto Velo Racing Team in 2025? If so, please join us this Sunday 9/29 at 9am at Summit Bicycles for our third recruiting ride of the season! After this there is only one more opportunity to join a recruiting ride on Saturday 10/5. These rides are your best opportunities to get to know the team and show off your strengths on the road, so the more you can attend the better! If you are interested in racing and haven’t already applied to AVRT you can do so here.
This week's ride will feature a selection of segments for you to show off your fitness and skills. A long climb up Page Mill Road, a technical descent down West Alpine Road (please ride responsibly), pacelines on 84, and sprints at Willowbrook/Alpine and the Dish.
Please review the route before the ride. If you plan on climbing Page in >40 minutes then please turn RIGHT onto Arastradero Rd at about 3.4mi for a shorter “warm up” loop before the climb. We will have a short regroup at the base of West Alpine and then a longer regroup/water stop at SkyLonda. After descending 84 we will do a rolling regroup and maintain a social pace through the Maze, then kick off some friendly competition on Whiskey Hill racing for the Willowbrook/Alpine sprint (Tuesday TMR finish). If you get dropped during this you can skip Willowbrook and meet the group at Alpine and Portola. We'll do a quick regroup then race for the Dish sprint to finish the ride.
Route: https://www.strava.com/routes/3273513018082995924
Summary: 54 miles / 5,000 feet: Summit Bicycles > Foothill > Burke > Robleda > Purissima > Arastradero > Page (short regroup at top) > West Alpine (short regroup at bottom) > 84 (stop at SkyLonda for water) > 84 > Tripp > Maze > Whiskey > Portola > Willowbrook > Alpine (sprint for the top) > Alpine > Foothill (sprint for Dish) > Summit Bicycles
Start: Summit Bicycles, Palo Alto
Time: Meet 9:00 AM, Leave 9:10 AM. Note the A ride will start at 9am for the rest of the year.
Ride etiquette: https://www.altovelo.org/ride-rules
Ride Leader: Cameron O’Reilly
